May jobless is 11.7 % in Hays Co.

Hays County’s unemployment rate for May was 11.7 percent and between May 27 and June 27, 2,629 county residents applied for unemployment benefits.

The top industries those people represented are full-service restaurants, colleges and universities, limited-service restaurants, elementary and secondary schools and electronic shopping and merchandise houses.

According to the Texas Workforce Commission there are slightly more females (1,391) than males (1,292) who filed benefits claims within that time period.